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Gauteng Health Dept working to fill vacant posts at clinics, hospitals - MEC
Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa says the provincial Health Department will see an injection of doctors and nurses to alleviate the growing pressure at facilities.
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Soweto daycare owner recounts ordeal after children ate polony
At least 180 people have died from listeriosis since January last year and over 940 cases have been reported so far.
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Daveyton clinic denies turning away mom, ill child
Nontombi Gwam has accused nurses of turning her away from the public health facility because they didn't have the resources to assist.
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Gauteng welcomes 88 new Christmas Day babies
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hopsital is leading with sixteen babies, nine of which are girls.
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Ramokgopa promises to address community’s woes over Pholosong Hospital
The Gauteng Health MEC made an unannounced visit to the hospital on Sunday, after receiving a number of complaints about health care services at the facility.
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Motsoaledi: Gauteng Health Dept task team not a political structure
The four-member team of experts was announced by the minister on Sunday.
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Ramokgopa confident intervention team will resolve Gauteng Health Dept issues
Ramokgopa says many inconsistencies in the health system have been exposed by the Life Esidimeni tragedy and they are now working to fix the problems.
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Ramokgopa: No proper systems in place to manage mortuaries in Gauteng
Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa says she’s found a lack of compliance as well as flouting of standard operating procedures not only at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital but state mortuaries across the province.
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Ramokgopa: Officials must account for coffin trailer incident
The trailer broke down on the M1 south highway on Wednesday. The unidentified bodies were being transported to a burial site in the south of Johannesburg.
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Pretoria woman celebrates 106th birthday
Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa says the National Development Plan’s goal to have a minimum life expectancy of 70 years is achievable.
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Ramokgopa outlines outreach programmes aims
Ramokgopa says the department is focused on strengthening specialist services by making them more accessible to communities.
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Families of Esidimeni victims want Mahlangu subpoenaed
More than 100 patients died after the Gauteng Health Department terminated its contract with the Life Esidimeni group.
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Esidimeni dispute resolution process to begin today
At least 110 psychiatric patients died last year after the Gauteng Health Department terminated its contract with the Life Healthcare Esidimeni group.
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Families of Life Esidimeni victims welcome govt apology
Christine Nxumalo lost her sister at one of the facilities and she has welcomed Ramokgopa and Makhura’s apology.
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Ramokgopa: We are making progress in Esidimeni tragedy
Ramokgopa has also apologised to the families of all the affected families for government's role in the tragedy.
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Makhura, Ramokgpa vow to work harder in taking care of the mentally ill
Makhura and Ramokgopa have officially launched mental health awareness month in Atteridgeville.
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‘Revamped Tshwane Hospital to motivate staff to give better service’
Gwen Ramokgopa is at the hospital for the opening of the newly refurbished facilities.
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Gauteng emergency services workers threaten shutdown if demands not met
Gauteng emergency services workers say they are working very long hours but are not being paid fairly for this.
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Ramokgopa: Gauteng Health Dept hopes to avoid another Esidimeni tragedy
Ramokgopa says the department plans to relocate patients who were admitted from Life Esidimeni to Weskoppies as soon as they are given the green light to do so.
